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Posted By cats_123 : played around with the tone curve and colour range in Lightroom. Applied a little barrel distortion (hence the crop) and sharpened

Posted By AnneWorner : I wish I had a larger image to work with! I was immediately taken by this character. Next time you take one of these, it would be beneficial to concentrate your focus on the individual - here the focus has fallen more on the background items. Was this your intent maybe?

I use NIK software for most of my work. With this image, I first worked in Colour Efex 4 to bring out details and work on the contrast of the image, bringing back more detail in the hair and beard.

I then worked in Silver Efex Pro 2, using the various colour sliders to darken areas of the background. There are control points available in the software so you can work on individual areas - I concentrated on the face especially, to brighten it and make it stand out from the background.

Finally, I darkened and blurred the edges of the image. Thanks for allowing modifications. I find them a great learning opportunity.

I can't say I remember the colour version offhand, but the b&w strikes me as far superior. It allows the man's character to speak for itself without the rather gaudy colour detracting; the more subdued background is especially welcome.
A strong environmental portrait in either version.
Bill

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